Game apparatus



A. WEINBERG GAME APPARATUS Aug. 25, 1931.

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A a f I "Aprfi t q fi bi' rfii *Objeets army invention-are' to providegame apparatus, which wincau for thejeke'rcis e of'skill onthe partoftherplayer will involve chance, will mere-"amusi enter- 5 tainment'icreated by movements" or' motions of" mq'vinguements of the"apparatus',.and "simplicity and ine'irpensivenessf of structure. I My inventionconsists whatever is "described "by or is included within "the-terms"claims.

In the drawings V a a Fig.1 is faperspective'view of'game apparatusembodying niyiinvention; 1 I

Fig.2 is'av'ertical section; I Fig, 3 is adetail; View in longitudinalsec-- tion'of "the missile propelling device.

Apparatus embodying ;my invention comprises a suitable board, a missilepropelled, or thrown, by the player and objectives for the missileconsisting of an object or objects of suitable design that rest or standloose upon or unattached to a suitable support so that by the impact ofthe missile the object will be displaced bodily and fall upon or bereceived by either a score value-part of the'board or a negative scoreor nonscore value part thereof. Preferably the missile isprojected by asimple mechanical device, or itmay be a ball corresponding'to a marbletobe shot by the thumb and finger, as in playing marbles. I

The board showni V ncludes a horizontal platform, '10,, of retangularform, ,-,at the far end of which is a Wall, 11, which ex.- tends upwardand rearward and cross-wise of the "board'tothe upper edgeiof which; oneof more horizontal flat fingers, '12, are attached that reach forward ofand'over rected missile moving: rearward over the platform, 10, "andascending the inclined wall, 11, will strikea smart blow on theunderside of a selected finger, 12. The fingers, 12, are flexiblyconnected or attached to the wall, 11, so that they will moveupwardunder a "smart blow and thereby an object, 7 13, resting looselythereon '(whichmay have the form of a comicalexcentricallyweightedhuman-figure) will be thrown upward and rearward in a sudden movementand a'moveure may fall. On the plat edge of; the inclined guiding-wall,11,f ma'y be areas,'18, markedwith minus or nega- 'tive esco excepting,o f'course, the fingersf12fand fini'ssile." v, r I I V ent f 'orm missuspropelling f dexuceis shown .in th'edrawlngsg it com 9? e ment which"due to'gy willbefldroll, 'The' 'body movementsbyreason-of'the'irsuddenness are amusing; 515 In-rear of and somewhat-below thefiguresupporting fingers, 12, is a transverselye'x- J tending,horizontal-table,14, onwhich a dislodged'figure'; may fall and in suchtable there are one or more' holes, 15, marked with score: values, intowhich a'ifigure may} fall. And at the rear edge of the table, "1 1, is avertical wall, 16, for the double purpose of preventing thefigure beingthrown'off' the board, and supporting score-value pockets 'orbaslzets,17, into which the dislodged fig-;

form,"1(l, forward of the lower r v ues on which the-dislodged figuresmayfal'l;

The levelof the tableyl l, of the figures is sufii'cie'ntly belowthefigure supa ports, 12,' to' prevent a 'figuref fallin'g on T "thetable,;14,' or "against the rear wall, 16,

by! any forward movement'reaching' and 1 dislodging figure ongitssupPoftflQf" 3 1 As shown in the1drawings,*theflentire jbofard may befmadefof'ftwobeleinents" or imemb'ers, one a rectangular I sheet ofcard:

board,*-or other material-, to constitute the ipl'atform 10, andv theother aj single sheet ofisimilarfinaterial folded or bent, a's"shown infthedrawings, that 'includesj'all "of the parts from the 'wall, '11 to'the'fwall, 16,

the baskets or pockets, -17, which are separ'ately made, The fingers,12, may be of asimple strip-of cardboard suchas Fiber hide bent to aIrL-sha'pe to provide "a shank "for attachment, fas' by V adhesive,ito"the "down-turned upper. edge of the wall," 11,

' andto provide the horizontal figure su port, 12, when so madesuflieient spring'ftir "elasticity'being {provided to; secure 'the re; I

turn offthe supporting finger,'{12, to'nor- =ma11y herizonta1- positionafter: it'hasjb'een struck 101* 'thei'su'dde'n a An excell maths-0f as Isists of a tube or barrel, 19, with a springactuated plunger, 20, on oneend of a handle, 21, which barrel on the top has a hole, 22, throughwhich aball r marble, 23, may be passed when the plunger, 20, isretracted to place the spring in compression, and thereby. themarbleplaced in front of the plunging, 2Q, so'that uponrelease thereofthe spring will forcibly throw the marble forward. At its bottom, thetube or barrel, 19, is secured by a vertical pivot,-

1. Game apparatus comprisingamissile receiving and directing surfacethat. extends upward, a movable figure support above'the bottom of suchsurface, and a figure movable bodily from such support when ablow isimparted to the underside of the support by a missile passing upwardover such surface. a

2. Game apparatus comprising a missile such table.

tal platform over which a missile may be propelled, a missile directingsurface ex-' tending upward and rearward from such platform andextending crosswise thereof, a series of movable figure supportingfingers projecting from the upper part 'of such surface Vforwardly withtheir undersides exposed to [a missile traveling upward over suchsurface, a figure resting upon each finger and bodily movable therefromwhen the nger is moved upward by the impact of a missile on theunderside thereof, and score valuedevices to receive a dislodged figuresituated in rear of said surface.

6. Game apparatus comprising a horizontal platform over which amissilemay be pro elled, a missile directing surface ex ten ing upward andrearward from such platform and extending crosswise thereof, a

series of movable figure supporting fingers projecting from the upperpart of such surface forwardl with their undersides exposed to a missiletraveling upward over such surface, a figure resting upon each fingerand bodily movable therefrom when the finger is moved upward by theimpact of a missile on the underside thereof, a horizontal table in rearof the movable figure support and a vertical wall extending above Intestimony whereof I hereunto my signature.

ALEXANDER WEINBERG.

receiving and directing surface that extends upward, a movable figuresupport above the bottom of such surface, a figure movable bodilyfrom.such support when a blow is imparted to the underside of the support bya missilepassing upward over such surface,

and score value means to which the dislodged figure may move. 7

3, Gameapparatus comprising. a m sslle receiving and directing surfacethat-extends upward, a movable figure support above the bottom of suchsurface, and a figure movablebodily from such support when a blow.isimparted to the underside of the support by a missile passing upwardover such surface, saidfigure support. being avertically movable springdevice. p 4. Game apparatus comprising a horizontal platform overv whicha missile may be propelled, amissile directing surface extendi mgupwardfalid rearward fromsuch platform and extending crosswise thereof,a

series of movable figure supporting fingers pgojecting from theupperpart of such surce forwardly 'with their undersides ex- J posed toa missile traveling upward over

